HomeMy WebLinkAbout15 - City Council Ad Hoc Committe on Group Residential UsesCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 15
October 9th, 2007
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Manager's Office
Dave Kiff, Assistant City Manager
9491644 -3002 or dkiff @city.newport- beach. ca. us
SUBJECT: Resolution 2007 - Relating to the City Council Ad Hoc Committee
on Group Residential Uses
ISSUE:
Should the City; Council appoint a 3- member ad hoc committee to interact with special
counsel and serve as liaison to the full City Council on group residential issues?
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution 2007 -_ creating the City Council ad hoc Committee on Group
Residential Uses, whose purpose shall be to interact with special counsel and serve
as liaison to the full City Council on group residential issues; and
2. Appoint Council Members and to the City
Council ad hoc Committee on Group Residential Uses.
DISCUSSION:
In recent months, the City Council, the Planning Commission, City staff, residents,
certain businesses and others have discussed a series of changes to the City's codes
relating to group residential uses. These uses include, but are not limited to:
Boarding and Lodging Houses;
Residential Care Facilities, Large and Small, Licensed and Unlicensed; and
Parolee - Probationer Homes.
At the September 11, 2007 meeting, the Council adopted Resolution 2007 -_ that
formed an ad hoc committee to interview law firms that would serve as special counsel
on this issue and would report directly to the City Council. After reviewing the
qualifications of several firms, the Committee selected Richards Watson Gershon (RWG
and at www.rwgiaw.com) as special counsel to the City. Following the Council's
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selection of special counsel on September 25`", 2007, the ad hoc Committee's term and
jurisdiction concluded.
This agenda. item authorizes the creation of a new ad hoc committee to work on group
residential uses. The Committee would interact directly with RWG and would serve as a
liaison to the full City Council on these same issues. Activities anticipated during the
Committee's term include the re- authorization of the current moratorium on certain
group residential uses, the adoption of new ordinances relating to group residential
uses, and the initial implementation phase of the new ordinances.
Environmental Review: The City Council's approval of this Agenda Item does not
require environmental review.
Public Notice: This agenda item may be noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours
in advance of the public meeting at which the City Council considers the item).
Submitted by
Dave Kiff
Assistant City Manager
Attachments: Resolution 2007-
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RESOLUTION 2007-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
FORMING THE CITY COUNCIL AD HOC COMMITTEE
ON GROUP RESIDENTIAL USES
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is considering the adoption of new
ordinances relating to Group Residential Uses; and
WHEREAS, Group Residential Uses include boarding and lodging houses, short
term lodgings, group care facilities, and related uses; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has retained special legal counsel to advise the City
Council, the Planning Commission, and City staff on these matters; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby
creates the Ad Hoc Committee on Group Residential Uses, with. the following duties and
requirements:
1. To interact with special counsel regarding group residential uses; and
2. To serve as a liaison to the full City Council on group residential uses; and
3. The Committee shall consist of three members of the Newport Beach City
Council; and
4. The Committee's term shall expire at the later of December 31, 2008 or earlier
should the City Council deem the Committee no longer necessary.
ADOPTED this 91h Day of October, 2007.
SIGNED:
Steve R.osansky, Mayor of Newport Beach
ATTEST:
LaVonne Harkless, City Clerk
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